Where I grew up, parents would be absolutely mortified if they ever heard one of their kids using the 'F-word'. My mom would have washed my mouth out with soap, grounded me for a month and insisted that Dad deal with me, had she heard me using it. That would have involved the razor strap. (He …

Scientists now know that the universe is not eternal. It had a sudden and dramatic beginning. For years, it was thought that it was eternal - that it just had to have always been there. Yet today, scientists are nearly universal in agreement that it had a beginning. They call it the "big bang", of …

My dear, sweet, lady. I do want to be friends. I don't really want to be arguing about things all the time. It's just that you make it so hard to do. It has nothing to do with your heart. You have one of the most caring, generous and tender hearts of anyone I have …

Religion is a word everybody uses, but few have a really concise and precise understanding of what it is. It does not mean believing in God. Buddhists are very religious, but do not believe in a god at all. Hindus have many gods. Jews, Christians and Muslims adhere to a belief in one God, although …

I have reached a time in life when I find myself trying to recapture some of the moments that flew by so unceremoniously and so quickly, but now seem so profound. Yesterday I shared some memories of our childhood with my sister. She started it off with a memoriam of sorts, just some random memories …